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Conflict Incident Report

Wounded in a personal dispute in Alkotain-Danniyeh

Date of incident: 
July 19, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

On 19 July 15, a man was seriously wounded after being fired from a hunting rifle from a personal dispute that occurred in the town of Alkotain Danniyeh, and was taken for treatment to Danniyeh government hospital, before being transferred later to North Center hospitalization in Zgharta because of his critical health condition. Lebanese army intervened immediately to contain the dispute and search for the perpetrators.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/169567/

Primary category: 
Brawl/Dispute
Secondary Category: 
Shooting
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.